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16/04/22 17:58 PM IST

Hanumanji Char Dham Project

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On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi unveiled a 108 ft statue of Hanuman ji in Morbi, Gujarat.

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  • PM told that We have been seeing a similar grand Hanuman statue in Shimla for years now.
  • The second has been established in Morbi today. I have been told that two more statues will be established in Rameswaram and West Bengal.
  • The statue is the second of the four statues being built in the four directions across the country, as part of the `Hanumanji Char Dham` project.
  • The statue of Lord Hanuman has been set up in the west, at the Ashram of Bapu Keshvanand ji in Morbi.
  • The first statue of the series was set up in the north in Himachal Pradesh`s Shimla in 2010.
  • The work on the third statue, in the south at Rameswaram has started.
  • The festival of Hanuman Jayanti is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of the Hindu god by the devotees of Lord Hanuman.

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